How to pronounce“ascendancy”in English
IPA/əˈsɛndənsi/
Syllablesa·scen·dan·cy
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noun
The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
“Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide.”
noun
Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
“[W. B. Yeats] belonged not to the ascendancy class but to the protestant bourgeoisie.”